Newport County vs Washington County

A side-by-side comparison of Newport County and Washington County: population, income, housing, and more.

Newport County and Washington County are counties in Rhode Island. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Washington County has the higher population (130,073 vs 85,095 in Newport County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($102,478 vs $100,859 in Newport County). Newport County has the higher median home value ($559,700 vs $469,800 in Washington County).

Population, income & housing

	Newport County	Washington County
Population	85,095	130,073
Median age	46.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,859	$102,478
Median home value	$559,700	$469,800
Median gross rent	$1,652	$1,303
Housing units	43,554	66,068
Homeownership rate	67.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport County	Washington County
Population	82,801 → 85,095 (+2.8%)	126,060 → 130,073 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$79,454 → $100,859 (+26.9%)	$85,531 → $102,478 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$387,900 → $559,700 (+44.3%)	$343,000 → $469,800 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,652 (+28.6%)	$1,133 → $1,303 (+15.0%)

Newport County

Population

82,80185,095

Median household income

$79,454$100,859

Median home value

$387,900$559,700

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,652

Washington County

Population

126,060130,073

Median household income

$85,531$102,478

Median home value

$343,000$469,800

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newport County	Washington County
Under 5	4.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	14.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.5%
75 and over	10.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	89.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport County	Washington County
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	19.7%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport County	Washington County
Drove alone	72.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.6%
Public transit	1.1%	1.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.0%	13.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	62.1%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Newport County	Washington County
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1963	1976